Word: support
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Washington last week still waited to see whether Franklin Roosevelt will support his Secretary of State...
...fully realize the present needs of many of our own people and also of the Polish people as well, the committee of which I am also a member. I would not wish any contributions to this fund for Finland to lessen the support of all these needs. But . . . Americans should also make sacrifices for them...
...advisable or not. . . . There is no better way to wreck a local union than to permit small, irresponsible groups to shut down a plant employing thousands of workers. Where small groups threaten unauthorized action [i.e., sit-downs or slowdowns] ... it is the duty of the local union to support the temporary placing of workers on the job to avoid a general shutdown...
...likely to demur, notably Iran, Latvia and Turkey, to say nothing of the Scandinavian countries. Anti-Soviet zeal, in fact, could last week be directly gauged by the distance of nations from the Soviet border. British and French delegates, who generally stage-manage League proceedings, declared themselves ready to support expulsion provided other nations wanted...
...greatly increased activity of German patrols, all the way from the Moselle to the Rhine. Starting with dozens, the Nazi raids increased to as many as 80 in a single night, in such strength that even the tough Moroccans in the Wissembourg sector had to call for artillery support to blow the raiders back. The Germans tried a new system, approaching each French outpost in separate columns or files, to bomb it with grenades from three sides simultaneously. These raids, by seasoned troops, were interpreted by the French as "information please" parties (TIME, Nov. 27), to take the place...